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Hi Guys,
Has anyone ever seen or heard of a model # 39-5505?
I don't know what tubes are in it.
Thanks,
Eric
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Nope. Could be the p# for the cabinet or a foreign model. Got a pic???
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No such model. Most likely, a part number for the tube layout sticker - a common mistake, given the fact that Philco often printed the part number in large numbers on these tube layout stickers from about 1939 on.
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Here's a pic. Any ideas?
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OK, now we're getting somewhere.
It could be any of the following:
38-38T (battery operated)
38-39T (operates from 6 volt battery)
38-40T (operates from AC or 6 volt battery)
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Thanks, Ron.
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So...don't keep us in suspense...which one of the four I listed did yours turn out to be?
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It was just one I was looking at from a photo. One of the photos shows a power supply stuffged inside the cabinet so I think it is a 38-38T or 38-39T.
I'm going to pass on it.
Thanks for the help,
Eric
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OK, I found it.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp...D=11911175
It's very cheap now at $13.99, but it will go up before the bidding ends.
And I think it's a 38-40T; that power supply sure looks like a 38-40 power supply. 38-40T models are not too hard to find and are neat little sets.
A side note: I see my Gallery has the wrong picture for a 38-22T which has the Cone-Centric mechanism like a 38-7T. I'll have to get that changed. I corrected my post above accordingly.
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I'm sure now that everyone on the PHORUM knows about it the bidding will go up.
Thanks for the info,
Eric
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Well, yeah; you did say you were going to pass on it.
Besides, someone else here (not me) may want it.
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A little while back someone on CL posted a Philco console for sale as a model 39-5505. Although they said they weren't sure that was the model.
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You know that model 39-5505 is probably their most popular model!!! They made ALOT of them.
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